Both WebGL viz and the browser ultimately go through a pipeline to the screen. If you do GL, you can skip the cruft, e.g., SVG middleware. I've been surprised w

Both WebGL viz and the browser ultimately go through a pipeline to the screen. If you do GL, you can skip the cruft, e.g., SVG middleware. I've been surprised when SVG would seem ok... And we ended up getting big slowdowns and glitches, and ended up rewriting in GL.